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Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion (Article # 278)

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Problem:

When using a Dovetail product, the following exception can occur:

Exception: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of t
he operation or the server is not responding.

Resolution:

This error means that the Dovetail application was trying to talk to the database, and the database did not respond in an reasonable time period.

You can extend the length of time by editing the database connection string.

Connection String examples: http://www.connectionstrings.com

Details of Sql Server connection string settings:
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-3513-6084879.html

These resources indicate that adding ;Connection Timeout=<seconds> will extend the timeout.

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